What is the story of day X?
See all episodes of Day X at nytimes.com/dayx What starts with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and a fake refugee identity opens the door to a nationwide network of far-right extremists inside Germany’s military and police.
What is Shadow Army Day X?
Day X, Part 1: Shadow Army? The mysterious story of a German soldier, a faked Syrian identity and a loaded gun in an airport bathroom cracks the door open to a network of far-right extremists inside the German military and the police. They are preparing for the day democracy collapses — a day they call Day X.
Who made the song “Day X”?
They’re going to shut us off immediately. “Day X” is made by Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Kaitlin Roberts, Larissa Anderson, Michael Benoist, and me, Katrin Bennhold. Additional reporting by Chris Schutze.
What is QAnon’s “Day X”?
Other far right movements have their own version of it. For QAnon, it’s the storm or the great awakening. And the Nazis, of course, talked about the rebirth of the German nation. For us, it was Day X was the day when an attack would knock out infrastructure, or there would be a big attack in one of the cities in the states.
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The New York Times
This story began with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and led to a German military officer facing trial on terrorism charges. It’s a story about national identity and reckoning, mirroring the story of Germany itself.
Day X, Part 5: Defensive Democracy
In this episode, we get answers on just how bad the problem of far-right infiltration in the German military and police really is — and how Germany is trying to address it.
Day X, Part 4: Franco A
We meet Franco A., an officer in the German military who lived a double life as a Syrian refugee and stands accused of plotting an act of terrorism to bring down the German government.
Day X, Part 3: Blind Spot 2.0
Franco A. is not the only far-right extremist in Germany discovered by chance. For over a decade, 10 murders in the country, including nine victims who were immigrants, went unsolved. The neo-Nazi group responsible was discovered only when a bank robbery went wrong.
Day X, Part 2: In the Stomach
Franco A. visited the workplaces of two of his alleged targets. We meet both targets to hear the stories of two Germanies: One a beacon of liberal democracy that has worked to overcome its Nazi past, the other a place where that past is attracting new recruits.
Day X, Part 1: Shadow Army?
The mysterious story of a German soldier, a faked Syrian identity and a loaded gun in an airport bathroom cracks the door open to a network of far-right extremists inside the German military and the police. They are preparing for the day democracy collapses — a day they call Day X. But just how dangerous are they?
Introducing: Day X
What starts with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and a fake refugee identity opens the door to a nationwide network of far-right extremists inside Germany’s military and police.
New York Times
This story began with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and led to a German military officer facing trial on terrorism charges. It’s a story about national identity and reckoning, mirroring the story of Germany itself.
Day X, Part 5: Defensive Democracy
In this episode, we get answers on just how bad the problem of far-right infiltration in the German military and police really is — and how Germany is trying to address it. We learn about Germany's "defensive democracy," which was designed after World War II to protect the country against threats from the inside.
Day X, Part 4: Franco A
We meet Franco A., an officer in the German military who lived a double life as a Syrian refugee and stands accused of plotting an act of terrorism to bring down the German government.
Day X, Part 3: Blind Spot 2.0
Franco A. is not the only far-right extremist in Germany discovered by chance. For over a decade, 10 murders in the country, including nine victims who were immigrants, went unsolved. The neo-Nazi group responsible was discovered only when a bank robbery went wrong.
Day X, Part 2: In the Stomach
Franco A. visited the workplaces of two of his alleged targets. We meet both targets to hear the stories of two Germanies: One a beacon of liberal democracy that has worked to overcome its Nazi past, the other a place where that past is attracting new recruits.
Day X, Part 1: Shadow Army?
The mysterious story of a German soldier, a faked Syrian identity and a loaded gun in an airport bathroom cracks the door open to a network of far-right extremists inside the German military and the police. They are preparing for the day democracy collapses — a day they call Day X.
Introducing: Day X
What starts with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and a fake refugee identity opens the door to a nationwide network of far-right extremists inside Germany’s military and police.
Day X, Part 5: Defensive Democracy
Just how serious is the threat of far-right infiltration in the German military and police? And how can a democracy defend itself against threats from the inside?
Day X, Part 4: Franco A
An interview with the first soldier to be tried for terrorism in Germany since World War II.
Day X, Part 3: Blind Spot 2.0
How did a neo-Nazi terror group on a killing spree manage to escape justice for more than a decade?
Day X, Part 2: In the Stomach
To understand the far-right extremism still lurking in Germany’s shadows, we talk with two of the alleged targets of a plot to kill.
Day X, Part 1: Shadow Army?
A German military officer is arrested with a loaded gun and turns out to be part of a nationwide network of far-right extremists.
Day X
How a military officer and a faked refugee identity were part of an alleged far-right plot to bring down the German government.
